Re: Clinton jokes.......

[Joel Siegel <siegeljd...>]

Chazzzan (at) aol(dot)com wrote:
> 
>I am so disgusted by the way the media has treated this
>whole situation, and I am even more dismayed by the promulgation of obscene
>jokes and lack of derech eretz, even on the Jewish mailing lists!
> 
>What ever happened to the Jews' being the "Or Lagoyim", a light unto the
>nations?  Or has America dragged us so low that we must wallow in the same
>mud?

Whoa, whoa, whoa.  Take a deeeeeep breath, everybody.  I'm not thrilled
with the story, or with how the media are handling it, etc. etc., and I
agree
that if there's a place for such jokes, it ain't this list.  But hey,
the
poster *APOLOGIZED* to the list... and quite quickly after the jokes
went
out, it appears.  It was a *mistaken post*, and acknowledged as such.
Derech eretz, I should think, includes having compassion for those who
make 
mistakes (especially when they promptly apologize) and not rushing 
to judgment.

Raizel quite correctly reminded us of the topic and the purpose of the
list.
Let's leave it at that, eh?

Joel